Magazine-wrapping device.



PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.-

C. OWENS- MAGAZINE WRAPPING DEVICE. APPLIOATIION FILED JULY 17.1902. RENEWED MAE 18,1904.

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N0 MODEL.

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MAGAZINE WRAPPING DEVICE.

S APPLICATION mm) JULY 17'. 19 2. RENEWED A R.'1'8|1904-' NO MODEL. '2 sums-sum a.

UNITED STATES Patented. October is, 1904.

' PATENT xQFFIcE.

CHARLES owENs, or OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALF TO DWIGHT PRESTON MONTAGUE, OF GHATTANOOGA, TEN- NESSEE.

MAGAZINE-WRAPPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of nettersPatent No. 772,628, dated October-.18, 1904.

I Application filed July 17, 190 2. Renewed March 18, 1904. Serial No. 198,833. (No model.)

following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in mech anlsm for pasting and applying the last flap of a magazine-wrapper to the magazine and for like purposes; and it consists in the features and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig'ure 1 is a side View. of my pasting mechanism with the left-handfriction-roll removed. Fig. 2-

is a plan View of the same, showing both friction-rolls. Fig. 3 is a front View ofthe invention. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 illustrate theoperation of the parts. I

1 andv l indicatetapes folded and wrappedmagazine or paper from the folding and wrapping mechanism to the pasting mechanism.

2 represents a folded and wrapped maga-. zine on its way from the folding and wrapping mechanism to thepastingmechanism between the tapes 1 and 1f, the last lap of the wrapper to be pasted and folded down being indicated at 3. I

4 and 5 are feed-rollersv for feeding the magazines into the pasting mechanism, these' being suitably journaled in the frame.

. 6 and 6 represent paste-rolls, the latter being the supply-roll taking paste from a pan 7. At 8 8 I employ fingers of curved form pivoted at 8 to the end faces of atucker 10,

which tucker is loosely mounted upon the;

shaft 19, supported in the frame. On this shaft. are keyed rolls 9 9, these being beyond the end faces of the tucker, and-the purpose of thesecurved fingers is to direct the magazine as it emergesfrorn the rolls 4: and 5 upwardly to the bite of the rolls 5 and 9 9 .and

. at the same time bending the magazine-and placing the same under tension for a purpose to be pointed out.

The tucker 10 has thereon tucking fingers or abutments 1 1, prefer for conveying the ably'two in number. These abutments lie across the path of the magazine, so that the tucker will be turned by themoving magazine. The tucker is returned to normal position (shown in full lines) by a spring 13, connected thereto and to a cross-bar 20, the return movement of the tucker under the action of the spring being limited by a stop 16 on the tucker striking a stop-arm extending up from the cross-bar of theframe. Rods 1 L also extend up from this cross-bar to furnish a support for the directing-fingers 8 8.

At 12 12 spring-stops are shown for directing the fingers 8 8 into the normal position (shown in Fig. 1) when the tucker is being returned to the normal position. (Shown in Fig. 1.) These stops limit the movement of fingers 8 8' by striking the shaft 19.

17 represents a roller cooperating with the roller 5 to fold the last lap onto the magazine from the positionshown at 3, the magazine -.when in the position 2 having received its streak of paste from the roller 6 and being 5 and17 by the tucker or earlier as. it returns from the dotted-line position to its normal position. (Shown infull lines.) The passage of the magazine between these rollers results in folding down the last lap 3 onto the paste-coated part of the magazine.

At 18 I show a guide for directing the com: pleted package away from thedelivery -rolls '5and1 7.,. V 7 The manner in which the paster is operated is as follows: As the magazine 2, with its lap 3, passes from the feed-rolls 4 and 5 the forward edge of the wrapped magazine strikes the directing-fingers 8 and 8 and is prevented from comingv in contact with the paste-roll 6 by this means, while at the same time the course of the magazine is changed and directed into the bite of the rolls 9 and 9 and roll 5 and also against the abutments 11 and 11 on the tucker 10. This immediately puts the maga: zine on a strain or under tension by bending the forward edge upwardly. As soon as the forward edge of the magazine enters the bite of the friction-rolls 9 and 9' and roll 5 the tucker 10 is set in motion by the edge of the now ready to be thrust between the rollers magazine striking the abutments 11 and 11 and compelling the tucker to rotate in the direction shown by the arrow in full lines, said rotation being done under resistance of spring 13, which is stretched and is thus made ready to forcibly operate the tucker, as will'be explained. As soon as the tucker 1O begins to rotate the directing-fingers 8 and 8', being pivotally mounted on the tucker, will immediately drop down out of the way and leave the paste-roll 6 exposed, Assoon as the rear edge of the magazine passes from the bite of the rolls 4 and 5 it immediately becomes free, and owing to its elasticity and the bent position into which it has been previously placed by the directing-fingers 8 and 8 the rear edge of the wrapped magazine will spring down and strike the exposed portion of the pasteroll 6 and apply paste to itself along the edge of the package. As will be noticed in Fig. 1, the rear edge of the tucker 10, as shown in dotted lines in the second position of the tucker, (owing to the position of the curved stops 11 and 11,) does not reach quite to the line on the magazine which has been pasted, it being remarked here that the paste-roll 6 does not reach quite to the ends of the magazine in order that a clean or unpasted margin may be left for the friction-rolls 9 and 9 to operate on. As will be noticed, the tucker 10 is operated in its forward motion by the magazine, and the magazine is driven at each end by the friction-rolls 9 and 9, working in conjunction with roll 5. As the magazine passes from the bite of 9 and 9 and roll 5, its forward edge being bent downward by the curved stops 11 and 11, the feeding action of roll 5 working in conjunction with the resisting tendency of the tucker 10 and the spring tendency of the magazine itself in its bent position, the rear or pasted edge of the magazine is immediately tucked into the lap of the wrapper, whileat the same time the magazine, with the wrapper, is forced into the bite of rolls 5 and 17, thereby folding down the last lap and completing the package.

' It is obvious that if the paste-roll 6 is removed and a bar or rod covered with wicking or any suitable material for holding moisture is placed in the position occupied by this pasteroll the same mechanism can be used for moistening and sticking envelops or any package gaving previously had mucilage applied to its This invention is an improvement upon that shown in application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed by Charles Owens December 6, 1901, Serial N o. 84,951,]?01' improvements in folding, wrapping, and pasting mechanism. Some of the parts of the present invention embody some of the characteristics of the machine described in the application referred to. For instance, the tucker is in the nature of a carrier or receiver normally at rest and moved by feeding a magazine thereto. This tucker or receiver is under spring tension, and it acts to thrust the magazine into the bite of discharging rollers, thus carrying out the same general action disclosed in the said application.

I claim 1. In combination, paste-holding means, a movable receiver for the magazine, means for feeding the magazine thereto, means for folding down the flap of the wrapper, the said receiver moving under the pressure from the magazine to direct the same to the flap-fold ing means, substantially as described.

2. In combination, paste-holding means, movable receiver for the magazine under spring tension and normally at rest, means for feeding the magazine thereto, said receiver moving under the pressure from the moving magazine and serving to direct the magazine to a discharge point, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a movable receiver, a spring for pressing the same in one direction and means for feeding a magazine to the receiver to move it against the tension of the spring, so that the magazine will be directed under pressure to the desired point.

4:. In combination, a movable receiver having an oscillating movement and means for feeding the magazine thereto, said receiver in moving one way carrying the magazine to a point of discharge and by its movement in the opposite direction serving to thrust the magazine out, substantially as described.

5. In combination, rollers, a movable receiver having an oscillating movement and means for feeding the magazine thereto, said receiver in moving one way serving to direct the magazine to the rollers and by its movement in the other direction serving to thrust the magazine into the bite of the rollers, substantially as described.

6. In combination, an oscillating receiver, a spring for pressing the same one way, a pair of rollers and means for feeding the magazine to the receiver said receiver moving under the pressure of the magazine to direct the magazine to the said rollers, substantially as described.

7. In combination, the roller 5, a movable receiver arranged adjacent thereto and between which and said receiver the magazine is moved, means for feeding in the magazine, and a roller 17 between which and the roller 5 the magazine passes, said receiver serving to thrust the magazine into the bite of the said rollers.

8. In combination, the roller 5, a movable receiver arranged adjacent thereto and between which and said receiver the magazine is moved, means for feeding in the magazine, and a roller 17 between which and the roller 5 the magazine passes, said receiver oscillating under spring tension and serving to thrust the magazine into the bite of the said rollers.

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9. In combination, a roller 5, a receiver having an abutment thereon in the path of the magazine, to be moved by the pressure from the magazine against the abutment, means for feeding in the magazine and means'between which and the roller 5 the magazine isdircted by the combined action of the receiver and the roller 5, substantially as described.

10. In combination, a yielding abutment, a roller and means between which and the roller the magazine is forced by the combined action of the roller and the yielding abutment, substantially as described.

11. In combination, a guideway for the magazine, a movable abutment extending across said guideway to be moved by the pressure from the magazine, means for feedingin the magazine, a roller and means between which and the roller the magazine is thrust by the combined action of the roller and the abutment, substantially as described.

12. In combination, a paste-holder, means for moving the magazine to the same, and means for bending the magazine to place it under tension and for releasing one end whereby its elasticity will cause said end to contact with the paste-holder, substantially as described. i

13. In combination, means for feeding the magazine, the roller 5' to which the magazine is directed, means between which and the roller 5 the magazine passes, means for bending the magazine about the roller 5 and for releasing the magazine and a paste-holder adjacent to theroller 5 against which one end of roller 5, a movable support therefor and apaste-hold'er adjacent the roller 5 against which the magazine springs when released from the bite of the rollers 1 and 5, substantially as described.

16. In combination, a roll 5, a curved guide adjacent to the same, a paste-roll also adjacent the roll 5, a movable receiver pivotally supported and carrying the curved guide pivotally and a roller 17 between which and the roller 5 the magazine is thrust by the combined action of the receiver and the said roller 5, substantially as described.

17. In combination, the roll 5, an oscillating receiver, a guide carried thereby pivotally, and means for limiting the movement of the guidein respect to the receiver and roll 5, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES OWENS.

Witnesses LULA DRAKE, DWIGHT -P. MONTAGUE. 

